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The Urchin in Its Natural Habitat
By Geo Ong Crikey! Another Urchin sighting! Note: I meant to say ’600-word caption’, not ’600-page caption,’ and even that’s not correct. It was really a 250-word caption. *** Yes, Hunter S. Thompson...
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A Hair-Raising Trip to the Theatre
By Sarah Jost Last weekend I had a little hols in New York City. Not only was it a great opportunity to soak up some culture and eat an overabundance of delicious vegan cuisine, I also got to visit...
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The Urchin Book Trunk
As we mentioned earlier, the Urchins are embarking on our first ever Urchin road trip. In preparation for our journey, we look to the interesting minds that have done it before us. Here it is – the...
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The New Urchin Bookshelf – Eat Your Heart Out, IKEA!
Here are the books we’ll be burying ourselves inside in the coming months. Our bookshelf has everything from classics revisited to contemporary fiction, from histories to drama, from the women of the...
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My Time at the Coffee House and Karen Tei Yamashita’s ‘I Hotel’
By Geo Ong I had a good feeling about I Hotel, a novel by Karen Tei Yamashita, right from the start. In the first pages, before the copyright and title page, was printed the mission statement of Coffee...
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Observing the Obscure: Romare Bearden
By Geo Ong In honour of Black History Month, join me in observing and celebrating the work of Romare Bearden. Though not a household name (unless your household is really cool), Bearden was an...
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This Is the Only Thing That I Am Sure Of: Love’s ‘Forever Changes’
By Jarrod Annis [Jarrod Annis is a contributor to the Urchin Movement. He lives and writes in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.] Much like the kaleidoscopic conglomeration of faces that grace the album cover,...
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In 1968 William Greaves began disappearing for a couple of hours on certain days from the production offices of Black Journal, a television news programme where he served as executive producer. The...
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